Feb. 18, 2005
REVISED
Duquesne University's Nicole Sinclair (Indiana, Pa./Indiana) has been named a 2005 ESPN The Magazine (formally CoSIDA) First Team District 2 Women's Basketball Academic All-America honoree while fellow junior Aiga Bautre (Riga, Latvia/Catholic Central - NY) was selected as a Second Team selection. It is Sinclair's second District 2 Academic All-America honor as she was tabbed a second team selection last season. Bautre earns her first citation. They are two of just 19 Division I student-athletes from Pennsylvania, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey and West Virginia to be selected. A five-way tie upped the Second Team to nine members from its original release of five from Feb. 17 and now includes the Dukes' Bautre.
Sinclair is one of five first team selections and will now appear on the national ballot. The Division I national team is scheduled to be released on March 3.
The junior 6-0 forward boasts a 3.82 cumulative GPA in biology and is a member of the Dean's List, Director of Athletics' and A-10 Commissioner's Honor Rolls.
She leads Duquesne with 8.6 rebounds per game, ranking her third in the Atlantic 10. Sinclair is third on the team with 8.7 ppg and owns a team-best 33 steals. She boasts a .468 (72-154) accuracy from the field and has scored in double figures in 11 contest. Sinclair has nine games grabbing double-digit rebounds and has seven double-double points/rebounds games this season.
Bautre, a 5-11 junior guard, sports a .344 cumulative GPA in information technology. She is a member of the Dean's List, Director of Athletics' and A-10 Commissioner's Honor Rolls.
Bautre leads the Dukes and is fifth in the Atlantic 10 wth 15.5 ppg. She ranks third in the NCAA and first in the Conference with a .906 (58-64) free throw percentage and is connecting on 55-140 three-point attempts for an Atlantic 10 best .393 accuracy. Bautre leads Duquesne with 67 assists and adds 3.8 rebounds per game.
To be eligible for the Academic All-America award, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore at their institution, be a starter or important reserve and have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.00 scale). The district teams are voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Duquesne has had six student-athletes named to District 2 honors so far this year.
The Academic All-America women's basketball teams are the sixth of 12 that will be selected this academic year.
